Title Page |
Authorities Consulted |
BOOK I. INTRODUCTION |
Chapter 1 - |
THE HIGHER CRITICISM. |
Chapter 2 - |
THE BOOKS OF KINGS. |
Chapter 3 - |
THE HISTORIAN OF THE KINGS. |
Chapter 4 - |
GOD IN HISTORY. |
Chapter 5 - |
HISTORY WITH A PURPOSE. |
Chapter 6 - |
LESSONS OF THE HISTORY. |
BOOK II.
DAVID AND SOLOMON |
Chapter 7 - |
DAVID'S DECREPITUDE. - 1 Kings 1:1-4 |
Chapter 8 - |
AN EASTERN COURT AND HOME - 1 Kings 1 |
Chapter 9 - |
ADONIJAH S REBELLION. - 1 Kings 1:5-53 |
Chapter 10 - |
DAVID S DEATH-BED. - 1 Kings 2:1-11 |
Chapter 11 - |
AVENGING JUSTICE. - 1 Kings 2:13-46 |
Chapter 12 - |
THE BOY-KING'S WISDOM. - 1 Kings 3:5-28 |
Chapter 13 - |
SOLOMON S COURT AND KINGDOM. - 1 Kings
4:1-34 |
Chapter 14 - |
THE TEMPLE. - 1 Kings 5, 6, 7 |
Chapter 15 - |
THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE. -
1 Kings 4: |
Chapter 16 - |
THE ARK AND THE CHERUBIM. - 1 Kings
6:23-30; 8:6-11 |
Chapter 17 - |
THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC
RITUAL. - 1 Kings 8:1-66 |
Chapter 18 - |
THE TEMPLE WORSHIP. - 1 Kings 8:1-11 |
Chapter 19 - |
THE TEMPLE SACRIFICES. - 1 Kings
8:62-66; 9:25 |
Chapter 20 - |
SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY. - 1 Kings
10:1-29 |
Chapter 21 - |
HOLLOW PROSPERITY. - 1 Kings 11 |
Chapter 22 - |
THE OLD AGE OF SOLOMON. - 1 Kings
11:1-13 |
Chapter 23 - |
THE WIND AND THE WHIRLWIND. - 1 Kings
11:14-41 |
Book III
THE DIVIDED KINGDOM B.C. 937-889 |
Chapter 24 - |
A NEW REIGN. B.C. 937 - 1 Kings 12:1-5 |
Chapter 25 - |
THE DISRUPTION - 1 Kings 12:6-20 |
Chapter 26 - |
"JEROBOAM THE SON OF NEBAT, WHO MADE ISRAEL
TO SIN." B.C. 937 -915 - 1 Kings 12:21-23 |
Chapter 27 - |
JEROBOAM, AND THE MAN OF GOD. - 1 Kings
13:1-34 |
Chapter 28 - |
DOOM OF THE HOUSE OF NEBAT. - 1 Kings
14:1-20 |
Chapter 29 - |
NADAB; BAASHA; ELAH. B.C. 915-889 - 1
Kings 15:25; 16:10 |
Chapter 30 - |
THE EARLIER KINGS OF JUDAH. B.C.
937-851 - 1 Kings 22:41-50 |
Chapter 31 - |
JEHOSHAPHAT. B.C. 876-851 - 1 Kings
14:21-31; 15:1-24 |
Chapter 32 - |
THE KINGS OF ISRAEL FROM ZIMRI TO AHAB. B.C.
889-877 |
Book IV
AHAB AND ELIJAH B.C. 877-855 |
Chapter 33 - |
KING AHAB AND QUEEN JEZEBEL. - 1 Kings
16:29-34 |
Chapter 34 - |
ELIJAH. - 1 Kings 17:1-7 |
Chapter 35 - |
ELIJAH AT SAREPTA. - 1 Kings 17:7-18:19 |
Chapter 36 - |
ELIJAH AND AHAB. - 1 Kings 18:1-20 |
Chapter 37 - |
ELIJAH ON MOUNT CARMEL. - 1 Kings
18:20-40 |
Chapter 38 - |
THE RAIN. - 1 Kings 18:41-46 |
Chapter 39 - |
ELIJAH'S FLIGHT. - 1 Kings 19:1-4 |
Chapter 40 - |
ELIJAH'S DESPAIR. - 1 Kings 19:1-10 |
Chapter 41 - |
HOW GOD DEALS WITH DESPONDENCY. - 1
Kings 19:5-8 |
Chapter 42 - |
THE THEOPHANY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. - 1
Kings 19:9-18 |
Chapter 43 - |
THE CALL OF ELISHA. - 1 Kings 19:19-21 |
Chapter 44 - |
AHAB AND BENHADAD. - 1 Kings 20:1-30 |
Chapter 45 - |
AHAB'S INFATUATION. - 1 Kings
20:31-43 |
Chapter 46 - |
NABOTH'S VINEYARD. - 1 Kings 21:1-29 |
Chapter 47 - |
ALONE AGAINST THE WORLD. - 1 Kings
22:1-40 |
Chapter 48 - |
CONCLUSION. |
Appendix |
CHRONOLOGY OF THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS. |